w/c 17 Feb: to do list

I had some good news last week. A short story I wrote over a year ago and submitted to a magazine last March was finally accepted. I have to do some work to it – lose 200 words and confirm something – but I was very happy to hear from them as it’s a favourite client. That’s 2 fillers and a short story I’ve had accepted or published in the last few weeks, and there was me thinking I might be losing my touch. Of course, I might be, but at least it’s given me some confidence back.

Two days before I was yearning to be back in Dentdale, but a quick check to see availability and a tentative message to the poet (to which I had one of the speediest replies ever), and we’re booked in for a full week in the summer. We have to pay the deposit, still, but because we’re returning customers, and because I went direct to the owner, it’s fairly cheap and he’s reserved the cottage for us anyway.

This is what I was a tad excited about, for those who noticed last week on Facebook. We’re also looking forward to spending 2 nights in Keswick for my birthday next month.

We had a good weekend with the poet’s first gig of the year. He has 2 more in February and then that’s it, I think, until April. Most of the band have asked for most of March off.

Much of this morning was spent doing shameless self-publicity; this afternoon I made a red trifle. I still have a few jobs to do today, but here, for now, is this week’s to do list:

shameless self-promotion√

diary work x 2√√

blog x 3√×√

surf job boards daily x 5√√√√√

daily competitions x 5 √√√√√

write walks report√

submit walks report to 6 local newspapers√

electronic edits on historical non fiction #1√

send historical non fiction #1 to author for checking√

send historical non fiction #1 for typesetting√

doctor’s appointment√

revise short story√

return short story to favourite client√

write editing article for writing anthology√

print off historical non fiction #2√

manual edits on historical non fiction #2

electronic edits on historical non fiction #2

send historical non fiction #2 to author for checking

send historical non fiction #2 for typesetting

invoices (hurrah! – there are LOTS)

check historical non fiction #3 3rd proofs

send historical non fiction #3 back to client

check historical non fiction #4 author amendments√

send historical non fiction #4 for typesetting√

What’s on your to do list this week?

Looking forward to coming back here in the summer. (Picture: Ian Wordsworth)